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Show OLD CRONIES SWAP STORIES WITH PREMIER CRICCIETH Wales April 15.- Premier Pre-mier Lloyd George Is never so happy as when swapping stories about his boyhood days with old cronies of bis native Wales. Iuring his last visit lure he gave a tea parly to 19 ancients who wore I. father's pupils at Trodeyrallt school more than CO years ago. The senior j "old boy" was John Jone. l who stllp works as a carpenter Next to Jones was William Davies, an as ant teacher under th premier's father, fath-er, who testified to the latter'a hand; ness with the cane on occasions. i. other guest was John WHliams, mow blind, who used to carry love mos- i sages between the premier's father and nio her. The old boys" told their hoft many stories of his father he had never heard before, and all were In the best of spirits. Old John Jon?s made the premier roar with laughter by the quaint way he told a stqry pf the I oca1 Indignation many years ago when n minister preached from a text which another minister had used the previous previ-ous Sunday. Mr. Lloyd George always tries to take things 'asy while here but members mem-bers of his cabinet and newspaper men seldom let a day po by without appropriating appro-priating part of hLs time. Getting up lat( in life mornin;. working In the garden and listening vTetlsh music are his chief pleasun during his vls'.ts. and when the wenfh- i Is thrc-atening lie r.::s on nil cvere-i balconyi wrapped In paudy rha i. "They saj?,' he remarked on bis last visit, "that I n;Ut go back to school in .i few ' vs. ney say 1 am playing truant. Vet tin y all followed me, Including the newspapers. I wish they w ould le::ve rne alone for at leasl a fortnight; it would be better for them and certainly batter for me |